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The Web according to Samuel Rubenfeld, a copy reader/blogger with Dow Jones.
I'm 22 and I live in Astoria, Queens. Listen to a ton of music and read a lot about politics, public policy, the news media and the future of journalism. Expect a heavy dose of things to read.
“As millions of Americans struggle to hold onto their homes, Wall St has found a way to make money from the mortgage mess” http://tr.im/Fxuk
“The Times Union was cast as a stooge for reporting the information about the trips. Now, though, with the hindsight about Mr. Bruno’s sense of entitlement afforded by the federal trial, the helicopter saga is particularly revealing. The scandal was defined not as the possible abuse of public resources by Mr. Bruno, but as malignant leaks by the governor’s office. The truth of the matter was not the problem, but telling the truth was.”
(while I was out) The Senate approved a motion to proceed debating #hcr by a vote of 60-39.
Descendents — Coffee Mug
Mug Mug Mug
Coffee Mug
Gonna Clear Away The Haze
Liquid Proof
That I Can Win This Race
Coffee Mug
The Grip That Keeps Me Tall
My Inter-Link
Keeps Me Questing All
I Don’t Need No Booze Or Drugs
I Just Chug-A-Lug-O My Coffee Mug
And I Don’t Need Your Kiss And Hug
I Just Chug-A-Lug-O My Coffee Mug
They Haven’t Banned
My Liquid Drug Of Choice
There’s Too Many Hooked
And They’ve Got Too Much Voice
So For The Moment
We’re All Pretty Good To Go
With 98 Cups
With 98 More To Go
I Don’t Need No Booze Or Drugs
I Just Chug-A-Lug-O My Coffee Mug
And I Don’t Need Your Kiss And Hug
I Just Chug-A-Lug-O My Coffee Mug
Here A Bean, There A Bean
Everywhere A Mean Mean Bean
Chug-A-Lug-O-My Coffee
Mug, Mug, Mug, Mug
RT @thelmagazine i like this lyric from the new Mission of Burma song: “drink only when you’re drunken to.”
Amazing: Joe Bruno’s personal secretary stole from his checking account when he didn’t pay her for doing private o/t work. http://tr.im/FoyH
Michael Greenberg
A refugee camp in Gori, Georgia, 2009; photographs by Alex Majoli from Georgian Spring, to be published by Magnum Photos and Chris Boot in December
More than fifteen months have passed since war broke out between Georgia and Russia. The war lasted five days, the amount of time it took for the Russian army to rout Georgia’s tiny, American-trained defense forces. It was the most serious military conflict in Europe since the Balkans. And yet, although tens of thousands of people are still displaced, and Russia is posing an increasing threat to Georgia’s oil pipelines, both the EU and the US may be powerless to prevent further threats to the country.
@NYBOOKS reblog.
For foreign policy buffs: @CNASdc looks at Yemen’s instability and its threat to U.S. interests. http://tr.im/Foju h/t @Afpakchannel
RT @propublica: ★Editors’ Pick / NYT: Gov’t Propping Up Easy Mortgages for Middle/Upper-Class Buyers http://bit.ly/7rYLEb
Clarification re: tweet about UN Convention on Children http://3.ly/xPm: Clinton signed it but did not submit for ratification by Senate.
RT @TWI_news: Ethics Panel Gives Free Pass to Burris http://bit.ly/8k53Cq
